- Be
- off (to a place)
- up to: be engaged in an activity
- I don’t know what you’re up to this Sunday
- If you aren’t up to anything this afternoon, why don’t you come over her?
- Call off: cancel
- I’m calling off the barbecue
- The natch was ruined by rain, and eventually we had to call it off
- Catch on (become fashionable)
- They said it was a passing trend that would never catch on
- Carry out (put ideas / instructions into practice)
- We knew nobody except John, who had carried out most of the work
- Come
- Come across (meet by chance)
- I first came across Claudio in Sao Paulo
- Come down to (be essentially)
- It really comes down to democratising the process
- Come up with (invent, think of)
- I came up with the idea of starting an online book community
- Crop up: arrive unexpectedly (a duty or a problem)
- We`re meeting at 8.30, as long as nothing crops up!
- Cross sth out
- Some of the names on the list had been crossed out
- Do up (restore / redecorate)
- We decide to do up a small barn in a tiny rural villlage
- Drop
- in: visit somebody for a short time without arranging to do this
- I dropped to see Chris on my way home
- out: of college / university / a course / a race: stop before you have finished completely a course…
- Eat out: eat at a restaurant, not at home
- Fall
- out (with somebody): stop being friends
- through: not happen, not take place ( a plan)
- He was ill, so we thought the meeting might fall through
- Fill
- in (complete paperwork)
- We filled in some forms to get planning permission
- Find out: get information
- Fit in (feel comfortable in a social group)
- You’ll have no problems fitting in. Everyone is welcome
- Get
- Get away from (escape, avoid)
- We wanted to get away from the idea that you need to have a degree in order to express your opinion
- Get by (survive financially)
- You can still get by on €50 a week
- Get out of sth that you have arranged to do: avoid doing it
- Get through (finish successfully)
- When the big waves came, I got through it OK
- Give out: give to each person
- Go
- ahead: proceed as expected
- It looks as if the family lunch is going ahead
- on: happen
- Hold up (delay someone)
- The bad weather held us up so we couldn’t start renovating
- Join in: take part in an activity that is already going on
- We’re playing a game. Why don’t you join in?
- Keep up with (know about recent developments)
- It seemed like a good way to keep up with the latest books
- Line up: plan, arrange
- I’ve got nothing lined up for the following weekend
- We’ve got a very good new band lined up for tonight
- Plug in: connect an electrical machine to the electricity supply
- The fride isn’t working because you haven’t plugged it in
- Point sth out (to sb): draw attention to sth
- Put
- my feet up: relax (usually at home)
- Time to put my feet up and take it easy!
- (sth) off: delay it
- on: clothes, glasses…
- on weight
- Run out (of)
- See
- off: (sb): go with sb to the airport / station to say them goodbye
- to (organise, manage)
- I practised every day and to it that I was ready
- Set
- Snow under (to be snowed under): to be extremely busy
- Sorry, but I’m completely snowed under at the moment
- Sort sth out: find a solution to, put in order
- Take
- off clothes, glasses, ….
- off: leave the groud ( for planes)
- in: deceive somebody
- I was completely taken in by the man who said he was a policeman
- Tie up (to be tied up): to be busy, not free
- Unfortunately, I’m a bit tied up tomorrow, so I can’t come
- Try
- on: clothes, to see if they fit
- out: a machine, a system, a new idea…
- Turn
- up (arrive)
- I turned up at the Chrysalis Hippy Commune forty years later
- out (become)
- Wind down: become relaxed
- I decided to go to the beach in order to wind down
- Work out
- do physical exercises:
- develop, progress
- calculate, think about a problem, and findthe answer